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New Webzine for Independent Christian Filmmakers
Introducing Faith Flix, a new webzine geared for low budget, independent Christian filmmakers. Behind the scenes look at the world of independent Christian filmmaking. - March 14, 2013 - MainStreet Productions
Nine New Martial Arts Instruction DVDs Coming from BayView Entertainment in May 2013
BayView Entertainment’s catalog of martial arts and self-defense instruction titles expands with an additional nine titles on May 28, 2013, including techniques in Krav Maga as well as specific self-defense for women. - March 14, 2013 - BayView Entertainment
Four New Yoga and Wellness DVDs Coming in May 2013 from BayView Entertainment
DVDs from top-name yoga instructors Sara Ivanhoe, Jenni Rawlings, & Rainbeau Mars plus wellness expert Ira Israel power BayView Entertainment’s May DVD releases. - March 14, 2013 - BayView Entertainment
Noted Steampunk Thriller "PROGRESS" Announces New Fundraising Campaign
The official teaser video for the 10-episode webseries PROGRESS was released in November 2012 and has been garnering much attention through blogs, magazines, podcasts, Twitter and Facebook. PROGRESS just launched an Indiegogo campaign to help raise funds for production on the whole series. In this... - March 13, 2013 - Progress the Webseries
The Second Annual Take Two Film Festival in New York City Set for April 5-7 Following Postponement Due to Sandy
Three-day festival will feature 56 independent films from 14 countries at the historic Theatre 80 St. Marks in the East Village. - March 12, 2013 - Take Two Film Festival
Singer / Actress Lulu to Appear on PROFILES
PROFILES Host Mickey Burns interviews Singer and Actress Lulu, who has carved out a show business career that few can rival. - March 09, 2013 - Quest Media Entertainment, Inc
AlphaDogs Post Drops Sake-Bomb at South by Southwest
Combinations of Izotope RX plugins combined with the Cedar DNS One were used on the best takes to remove wind noise, saving the cost of needing to do ADR and allowing more time to focus on the creative aspects of the film - March 09, 2013 - Alpha Dogs Post Production
Sounds, Leaps and Bounds for Le Grand Jete
Golden Age stylized musical titled "Le Grand Jete" with a 21st century edge green lit for film production. Co-written by Larry Wilson (Bettlejuice, Addams Family) and Alice L. Walker. - March 08, 2013 - A Sorta Fairytale
Congratulations to the Winter Film Awards 2013 Independent Film Festival Winners
14 Outstanding Winners Honored in Awards Ceremony on March 2, 2013 in New York City. - March 08, 2013 - Winter Film Awards
World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation and Scholastic Raise Awareness for Childhood Cancers Through the Film and Book, Ways to Live Forever
Film distribution company World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation (World Wide) is coordinating efforts with book publisher Scholastic (www.scholastic.com) to raise awareness for childhood cancers through the award-winning feature film, Ways to Live Forever (www.waystoliveforevermovie.com). Slated... - March 06, 2013 - World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation
AlphaDogs Post Beats the Train to the Finish for "The Trestle At Pope Lick Creek"
Visual effects, color correction, and audio were all completed at AlphaDogs Post in Burbank. - March 06, 2013 - Alpha Dogs Post Production
Seikilos FX Studios, LLC is in the Process of Providing Art for the Second Location of NYLO Hotels
Seikilos Fx Studios is delivering 750 canvas reproductions to NYLO in New York. - March 06, 2013 - Seikilos Fx Studios
Otto Media Takes Comfort Windows Back in Time with New Commercials
Otto Media has produced a series of commercials that take the number one home improvement company in upstate New York, Comfort Windows, back in time. The creative team at Comfort Windows and Otto Media took inspiration from H.G. Wells’s “The Time Machine” to help showcase Comfort... - March 06, 2013 - Otto Media
OTK Media Group, Inc. Announces the Crowdfunding Campaign for Its Latest Production, "Overexposed"
OTK Media Group, Inc. announces the launch of the crownfunding campaign for “Overexposed,” a competition television series for aspiring photographers. - March 05, 2013 - OTK Media Group, Inc.
Yorkshire Has the Scare Factor Award-Winning Video Production Company’s Short Film Showcased Internationally
Award-winning Leeds and London based video production company, The Production Zone, is celebrating after its short festive horror film ‘Silent Night’ is to be exhibited at a number of film festivals worldwide this summer, showcasing the best that British film-making talent has to offer. - March 03, 2013 - The Production Zone
Going for Gold Exclusive Video Highlights Bright Future for Paralympians
With the London Paralympics now here, award-winning London based video production company, The Production Zone, has produced a unique video to raise awareness of the new rules that will give elite athletes with Intellectual Disabilities the chance to compete on the world stage for the first time since Sydney 2000. - March 03, 2013 - The Production Zone
Minneapolis College Students to Film in La Crescent, MN - “213” Is No Small Endeavor
Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) students gearing up for weekend shoot at La Crescent Cabin. - March 02, 2013 - MCTC Student Cinema - 213
Homemade Horror Company Celebrates 10 Years in Business with "Werewolves, Cheerleaders & Chainsaws"
For the last ten years, husband and wife team Pat and Pippa Higgins have been running horror production company Jinx Media Ltd, creating award-winning and internationally distributed horror films on shoestring budgets. To celebrate the anniversary, they are releasing a filmed version of Pat's latest live show "Werewolves, Cheerleaders & Chainsaws," full of advice and anecdotes about filming, free of charge on http://jinx.co.uk - March 01, 2013 - Jinx Media Ltd
Malfunction Film Announces Production Partnerships
Malfunction Films has entered into agreements to provide pre-production and production services for two motion picture projects. - March 01, 2013 - Malfunction Films
"Buddy Bear in My First Day Adventures" is Currently in Production and Slated for a Summer Release with "My First Musical Adventure"
John P. Aguirre, Executive producer and creator of, "My First Day With Buddy Bear Adventures" has teamed up with Roland Canamar's Silver Dream Factory Inc to produce an undisclosed number of episodes of "Buddy Bear in My First Day Adventures." The overall deal will include the development of a feature film as well as multiple, half hour episodes of the original, independent children's show developed for the toddler to preschool set. The show is currently repped by Hugh Edwards at Aspect Film. - February 28, 2013 - My First Day Productions
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Production of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
Kultur is proud to announce the DVD release of available. Doctor Faustus, restless for knowledge, forsakes scholarship for magic and makes a pact with the Devil: if the veil spirit Mephistopheles will serve him for 24 years, Faustus will yield his soul to the Devil after death. It isn't long... - February 28, 2013 - Kultur International Films Ltd
New Addition to the Sites of the World’s Cultures Series Damascus: Paradise on Earth Available on DVD March 26
Kultur is proud to announce the DVD release of Damascus: Paradise on Earth available on March 26, 2013. Once the legendary dynasty of the Omayyads had chosen Damascus as its capital in the 7th century, the Syrian city acquired a fabulous reputation. For almost 100 years Damascus was the cultural... - February 28, 2013 - Kultur International Films Ltd
New Addition to the Sites of the World’s Cultures Series Persepolis: Stage of Kings Available on DVD March 26
Kultur is proud to announce the DVD release of Persepolis: Stage of Kings available on March 26, 2013. It seems as if the people who built Persepolis – and this they did even before the ancient Romans created their world empire – appeared out of nowhere. Presumably it was a tribe of... - February 28, 2013 - Kultur International Films Ltd
George Frideric Handel’s Theodora Available on Blu-Ray March 26
Kultur is proud to announce the Blu-ray release of Theodora available on March 26, 2013. For his 1996 Glyndebourne staging, radical American director Peter Sellars and winner of the 2012 Opera News Achievement Award takes George Frideric Handel's penultimate English oratorio - a tale of... - February 28, 2013 - Kultur International Films Ltd
10th Annual Pre-NAB Editors' Lounge to Scrutinize the Future of Post Production
The evening will preview NAB 2013 with candid discussions about what can be expected at this year's April show in Las Vegas. - February 27, 2013 - Alpha Dogs Post Production
Black Paw Photo Takes You Inside Long Island Business with Google Business Photos
Black Paw Photo has teamed up with Google to take users inside Long Island business locations withnew 360 degree interactive virtual tours for. Street View Technology is being used to add business interiors to Google Maps. - February 26, 2013 - Black Paw Photo - Google Trusted Photographer NY, NJ, CT, & PA
Kickstarter Campaign Launching to Bring "Free Willy" Star Back to Hollywood
Blue Carpet Event Will Celebrate 20th Anniversary of the Hit Film “Free Willy” and the World Premiere New Documentary About Orca at Historic Egyptian Theater - February 25, 2013 - Keiko the Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy
The Truth About the Modeling Industry
Reel Works Kicks Off Monthly Documentary Screening Series: On February 28th, Reel Works Teen Filmmaking screens the award-winning and internationally renowned documentary "Girl Model" for free. - February 25, 2013 - Reel Works Teen Filmmaking
Freelancers The Series - an Exciting New Fantasy Action Adventure Web Series - Launches a Kickstarter Campaign
Freelancers The Series - an Exciting new Fantasy Action Adventure web series - launches a Kickstarter campaign for finishing funds. Ignatius Fischer, owner of Witness Pictures and creator of Freelancers The Series, recently made the decision to open up funding to the fans and public via Kickstarter.com, a crowd-source funding platform for creative projects. From films, games, music, art, design and technology, Kickstarter.com is full of ambitious, innovative and imaginative projects. - February 23, 2013 - Charlie Boy Productions
Lead Actor in Arbor Avenue Films’ Latest Production, Star and the Snowman, Starring in CATCO’s Production of the Tony-Award Winning Red
Lead Actor Kevin McClatchy Headlines CATCO’s Red, the Story of Acclaimed Artist Mark Rothko; Filmmakers’ Crowdfunding Campaign Nearing Goal on Kickstarter - February 21, 2013 - Arbor Avenue Films
Former Passions Star, Chrystee Pharris Stars in Interracial Body Swap Short Film "The Takeover"
Best Friends Experience an Interracial Body Swap in Clever New Comedy from Rayven Choi Films. Rayven Choi Films announced the launch of their comical short film, The Takeover, that made its online world premiere debut just in time for Valentine's Day, at www.thetakeoverfilm.com. The Takeover is... - February 18, 2013 - Rayven Choi Films
Videosmith, Inc. Philadelphia Named Official Camera Supplier to Gettysburg 150th Film
The production will feature a true cinematic look and a combination of cameras have been chosen to capture the action this July. - February 17, 2013 - Rob Child & Associates, LLC
Award Winning Film "Qwerty" to Screen at Winter Film Awards 2013 Independent Film Festival
“Qwerty” is the heartwarming tale of introverted word-nerd Zoe and her newfound love Marty as she attempts to become the 2nd ever female National ScrabbleTM Champion. - February 15, 2013 - Winter Film Awards
"Dosa Hunt" to Screen at Winter Film Awards 2013 Independent Film Festival
The Greatest Hunt for South Indian Food in NYC Ever Committed to Film! An all-star cast of NYC musicians join filmmaker/journalist Amrit Singh to form a multicultural posse on a quest to find their hometown's best South Indian crepe, dosa. - February 15, 2013 - Winter Film Awards
Award Winning Film "Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till" to Screen at Winter Film Awards 2013 Independent Film Festival
In an acting tour de force, one man performs 36 roles in the telling of the Emmett Till tragedy. Experience the story, trial, and unbelievable confessions of those accused of Emmett's murder in this riveting drama. DAR HE will be screened at the 2013 Winter Film Awards Independent Film Festival on... - February 15, 2013 - Winter Film Awards
Award Winning Film "Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution" to Screen at Winter Film Awards 2013 Independent Film Festival
Not many moments in life change the course of history; break the mold; shatter the status quo and usher in a paradigm shift. But on a chilly night in November 1973, such a moment took place. For the second time in history, the Americans stormed France in an epic battle. This battle, however, would... - February 15, 2013 - Winter Film Awards
Free Movies in 34 Different Categories Now Available at the Touch of a Button
Film Annex, a whole new world of entertainment is offering 35651 movies in 34 categories which are available both for watching and downloading. - February 14, 2013 - Film Annex
Lost van Gogh from WWII Found in New Suspense Novel
The Russian van Gogh is the latest from Emmy® Award nominated writer / director Robert Child. - February 13, 2013 - Rob Child & Associates, LLC
AlphaDogs Post Inflicts Suspense in New Indie Thriller
A scary vibe was created for the film with just the right amount of picture contrast and shadow combined with suspenseful background sound effects. - February 12, 2013 - Alpha Dogs Post Production
Eight New Fitness DVDs Coming in April 2013 from BayView Entertainment
April fitness DVD releases from BayView include a new release from Scott Cole, Yoga Journal’s Total Body Yoga, two from Kathy Smith’s Timeless Collection, and four titles in an innovative new series: the Blood Type Workout. - February 09, 2013 - BayView Entertainment
Nine Martial Arts Instruction DVDs Coming from BayView Entertainment in April 2013
BayView Entertainment’s catalog of martial arts and boxing instruction titles expands with an additional nine titles in April 2013, including self-defense instruction in Krav Maga, Jiu-Jitsu, Luta Livre, and other martial arts techniques. - February 09, 2013 - BayView Entertainment
Editors' Lounge Demonstrates Time Saving Tools for Post Production
Editors and other industry professionals enjoyed an evening chocked full of invaluable tips and trade secrets, including how you can now edit from anywhere with the use of your iPad. - February 09, 2013 - Alpha Dogs Post Production
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dark Sleep, The Indestructible Man, Plus Two RetroGold Titles Coming to DVD in April from Retromedia & BayView
BayView Entertainment’s DVD catalog from the cult movie experts at Retromedia Entertainment adds four titles, including a new feature film, “The Dark Sleep,” in April 2013. - February 09, 2013 - BayView Entertainment
Publication of the New Book "Journey to Ogasawara" by Michael Craig
The publication of Michael Craig's first book "Journey to Ogasawara" has been eagerly anticipated and is a companion to the film from Copernicus Films "David Burliuk and the Japanese avant-garde" - February 08, 2013 - Copernicus Films
BayView Entertainment Announces the April 2013 Special-Edition DVD Release of the Feature Film “Going by the Book”
BayView Entertainment announces the April 16, 2013 release of the special edition 2-DVD of the Korean-language feature film “Going by the Book” from Five Points Pictures. - February 08, 2013 - BayView Entertainment
A Penny Dreadful: a New Animated Series
Seattle animator and playwright kicks off production fundraiser for adventure drama about family, loss and the fantasies we create for ourselves. - February 08, 2013 - The Penny Dreadful Novelty Company
Zoon Incorporated Launches ProPropertyShots.com – Real Estate Photography for L.A.
Zoon Incorporated announced today the launch of ProPropertyShots.com, its premier brand of real estate photography and marketing services for the Los Angeles area. - February 07, 2013 - Zoon Incorporated
"Virginity" Independent Feature Film Tackles Major Human Rights Issue
"Virginity," a film by director Saaed Khoze (starring Michelle Farivar, Jessica Hendrickson, Vera Nova, Nina Nayebi and Kamran Malak Motiei), is an independent feature-length film based on true events. It tackles the perverse subject and worldwide epidemic of "honor killings"... - February 05, 2013 - LA Independent Film & Entertainment
Who Says Indie Film Makers Can’t do It Like the Hollywood Big Guys? Charlie Boy Productions Looks to Make (Prologue) Short Film Johnny Games Into First Ever Indietrilogy
Who says Indie Film Makers can’t do it like the Hollywood big guys? Charlie Boy Productions looks to make (Prologue) Short Film “Johnny Games” into first ever Independent Epic Action/Thriller Trilogy. - February 04, 2013 - Charlie Boy Productions
New Talk Show to be Produced in Dallas
nvisionMedia/streetlevel launches funding campaign to produce new talk show in Dallas, TX. Program would feature interviews and debates with local filmmakers, musicians, actors and politicians. - February 02, 2013 - nvisionMedia/streetlevel